Believe it or not, that had never been a question.
But after Lin Qi turned it into one, the Great Imperial Son's Deputy began to waver.
What people feared most was thinking too much.
In fact, being a fool was the happiest state a person could attain.
Fools never worried about what they would do if they lost their jobs or fell ill. They simply did not think about such things.
They only smiled at others. People thought those were foolish grins, never realizing they were smiles of happiness.
Even in the final second before death, they had nothing to fear. To them, fear had never existed from the very beginning!
But clever people thought too much.
The Great Imperial Son's Deputy had already begun overthinking. What he was thinking about was whether the Great Imperial Son might overthink things! He did not believe the Great Imperial Son had initially assumed that he and Lin Qi had made some kind of deal. But what if the Great Imperial Son started thinking too much? What if he decided to eliminate him anyway? After all, he knew many important things and held some core information. Only a dead man made a perfect keeper of secrets.
He had helped the Great Imperial Son do similar things before. As the Great Imperial Son grew up, there had always been people capable of influencing his future development.
Someone had to handle those matters.
In the past, he had been responsible for ending trouble. Now, he might become trouble himself! The longer he stayed silent, the less Lin Qi hurried him to make a decision.
Because Lin Qi was a clever man too. He knew all too well how frightening an ordinary, intelligent person could become once they started thinking too much! So he waited patiently.